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Title:               White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Macon County, IL
Series ID:           RACEDISPARITY017115
Source:              U.S. Census Bureau
Release:             Racial Dissimilarity Index (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Annual
Units:               Percent
Date Range:          2009-01-01 to 2022-01-01
Last Updated:        2023-12-07 10:45 AM CST
Notes:               The Racial Dissimilarity Index measures the percentage of the
                     non-hispanic white population in a county which would have to change
                     Census tracts to equalize the racial distribution between white and
                     non-white population groups across all tracts in the county.
                     
                     Starting with the 2016 observations, the calculation has been changed
                     so that counties with only one census tract have missing data. Zero
                     values represent counties where the proportions of non-white
                     population and non-hispanic white population are the same. Multiyear
                     estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) are "period"
                     estimates derived from a data sample collected over a period of time,
                     as opposed to "point-in-time" estimates such as those from past
                     decennial censuses. ACS 5-year estimate includes data collected over a
                     60-month period. The date of the data is the end of the 5-year period.
                     For example, a value dated 2014 represents data from 2010 to 2014.
                     However, they do not describe any specific day, month, or year within
                     that time period.
                     
                     Multiyear estimates require some considerations that single-year
                     estimates do not. For example, multiyear estimates released in
                     consecutive years consist mostly of overlapping years and shared data.
                     The 2010–2014 ACS 5-year estimates share sample data from 2011
                     through 2014 with the 2011–2015 ACS 5-year estimates. Because of
                     this overlap, users should use extreme caution in making comparisons
                     with consecutive years of multiyear estimates.
                     
                     Please see "Section 3: Understanding and Using ACS Single-Year and
                     Multiyear Estimates" on publication page 13 (file page 19) of the 2018
                     ACS General Handbook
                     (https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/acs/acs_general_handbook_2018.pdf)
                     for a more thorough clarification.

DATE                     VALUE
2009-01-01  51.040863803004380
2010-01-01  51.010900405922830
2011-01-01  50.592473754731280
2012-01-01  51.788083426970076
2013-01-01  50.135021851358260
2014-01-01  50.072590245947090
2015-01-01  46.348461995610805
2016-01-01  46.673654797710140
2017-01-01  48.086600328289904
2018-01-01  47.945010056323140
2019-01-01  47.099515937215955
2020-01-01  47.350604385197680
2021-01-01  49.606009036080430
2022-01-01  44.510959190656024